diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 621fd55f..6831e3a5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-short_ver = 2.8.0
+short_ver = 2.9.0
 long_ver = $(shell git describe --long 2>/dev/null || echo $(short_ver)-0-unknown-g`git describe --always`)
 generated = aiven/client/version.py
 PYTHON ?= python3